something terrible
Example Sentences
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As soon as something terrible happens, we fight about the facts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 2026
“If something terrible happens, if it is an emergency, well, I’ll take a risk.”
From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025
Anytime I see an animal in a horror movie, it makes me incredibly nervous because, as a genre rule, it usually means something terrible is going to happen to them.
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2025
"If something terrible happened, I knew they would learn from it."
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2025
I want to cry because something terrible happened, and I saw it, and I could not see a way to mend it.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
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